Five big questions about Nokia's New CEO

Finally, some new material. Sorry, I've been terribly busy, but here is something new on Nokia's new CEO. This is based on the Forbes Mobilized Blog Entry from September 10, 2010. It's available here:
http://blogs.forbes.com/elizabethwoyke/2010/09/10/five-big-questions-about-nokias-new-ceo/

Enjoy the lesson!

Cheers,
Maurice


Five Questions for New Nokia CEO

Haiti - A Historical Perspective

I wanted to create an activity related to the disaster in Haiti, but looking more at the fundamentals of the serious problems facing Haiti. To do that, you need something with some historical perspective. I used this article from Newsweek (not my favorite magazine). The article is typical of Newsweek, light on actual facts drifting off into personal commentary (fluff!). But I think it will do for our purposes.

The article can be found here:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/231179

The discussion activity is here.

Haiti - A Historical Perspective


Enjoy the lesson!

Cheers,
Maurice
www.voiceone.fi

CNBC Business of Innovation: The Future of Work

This week I am posting a video discussion from the excellent program The Business of Innovation with Maria Bartiromo on CNBC. This video deals with the future of work and includes some really amazing guests including among others: James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds; Dwayne Spadlin, CEO of Innocentive; Bruce Bueno De Mesquita, author of The Predictioneer's Game; and Michael Dukakis, former Democratic Governor of Massachusetts.

You can watch the video here or download it for free in iTunes.


The discussion activity can be found here:

Future of Work Video

Enjoy the lesson!

Cheers,
Maurice
www.voiceone.fi

Dioxin, Duplicity and DuPont video discussion

Here's an interesting video documentary by the Sierra Club about the DuPont plant in DeLisle Mississippi. The documentary goes into dioxin pollution and its effects. You can find it at the Sierra Club or watch it here:



You can find the discussion activity here:

Dioxin, Duplicity and DuPont Video Preview

Enjoy the lesson!

Cheers,
Maurice
www.voiceone.fi

New France 24 Mobile App for Smartphones

I just discovered last week that France 24 has just developed a new mobile app so you can get live streaming news (or highlights) on your mobile (iPhone, Nokia, Blackberry, and more). You can select between coverage in English, French and Arabic. France 24 has been pushing hard to gain marketshare from CNN, BBC World and Al Jazeera. France 24's definitely not my first choice on cable tv, but I've been using this app quite a bit. They have also developed a desktop widget as well. Most of my students have mobile internet access so I've been recommending they download it so they can practice their listening comprehension when they have time, anywhere they are. And you circumvent the extra cost of TV over 3G.

Mobile app:  http://www.france24.com/en/mobile
Widget:  http://www.france24.com/en/widget/home-stay-connected-with-france-24-widgets-windows-gadget


Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Maurice
www.voiceone.fi

Coca-Cola and the Fall of the Berlin Wall

With the recent 20th anniversary celebrations of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, I went looking for articles to use. And I found a great one that had a unique business angle. You can find the article here:
http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/11/09/coca-colas-berlin-wall-blitz-lessons-in-leadership-20-years-later/

You can find the discussion activity here:
Coca-Cola and the Berlin Wall

Enjoy the lesson!

Cheers,
Maurice
www.voiceone.fi

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

One of my ad agency contacts sent me a link to this video by Jonathan Jarvis. (Thanks Mia!) I thought it was well worth turning into an actual discussion. The video runs 11:10. Very short, easy to follow language with simplified explanation of a complex problem.

You can watch the video here or at Vimeo:


The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

You can get the discussion activity here.

Crisis of Credit Visualised    

Enjoy the lesson!

Cheers,
Maurice
www.voiceone.fi